by Sherry London | Aug 27, 2013 | Photoshop Tutorial, Tech Talk
Everyone seems to want to learn how to create textures for pattern design in Photoshop. The video tutorial in this installment shows how you can create a useful texture from a blank white canvas. It has a lot of steps, but it’s a recipe that you could automate...
by Sherry London | Jul 4, 2013 | Photoshop Tutorial, Tech Talk
Smart Objects are your friend! They give you unlimited design possibilities and you can edit them forever–and any time you want. Picture a refrigerator that takes its own inventory. You can look at the picture on the door of the fridge and see exactly...
by Sherry London | Jul 4, 2013 | Photoshop Tutorial
You can make Photoshop do the flip! Flipping an image horizontally or vertically gives you a mirror image. It works like a mosaic tile and also can create a seamless repeat pattern. You can watch the video below to see how I prefer to do the flip in Photoshop. Under...
by Sherry London | May 18, 2013 | Photoshop Tutorial, Tech Talk
I am so eager for you to see this technique and to let me know if you like it. It’s a way to develop a seamless repeat pattern in Photoshop in a way that is guaranteed to always be seamless and yet allow you to see the pattern in repeat as you create it....
by Sherry London | May 17, 2013 | Photoshop Tutorial
Layers are wonderful. Sometimes, though, when you don’t quite understand what you are doing (and sometimes, even when you do!), you will accidentally delete them all by creating a single layer of them. This is called flattening the image and it results in a...
by Sherry London | May 15, 2013 | Photoshop Tutorial
When you need to create a repeating pattern in Photoshop, the usual process is to build your repeat tile and then flatten the image so you can apply an Offset filter to see how your tile looks when repeated. However, if you flatten the image, you can’t fix...